Portland City Councilman Backs Measure 80 Pot Legalization

Posted on
September 14, 2012
by
News Admin

Adding to the chorus of political and community leaders around
Oregon and the nation that is calling for an end to America's
catastrophic War On Drugs, Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard has
officially endorsed Measure 80, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act.

"As
a career Portland firefighter, a State Legislator and a Portland City
Council member, I have always fought for funding for our first
responders and resources for our social safety net," Leonard said.
"Regulating and taxing marijuana for adults is just common sense,
because it allows us to get pot out of kids' hands, focus our
public-safety resources on dangerous drugs, creates jobs and provide a
new revenue stream to fund much-needed social services."

According
to Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron, Oregon has spent more than $60
million a year on marijuana-related offenses, from local police
enforcement costs to court-room costs to the millions spent on
incarceration.

Measure 80 would replace a
failed system of prohibition with an effective taxation-and-regulation
model. While adults 21 and older would be able to purchase cannabis
products only at state-licensed stores, Measure 80 introduces tough new
criminal penalties, such as felony charges for selling cannabis to a
minor, and criminal misdemeanor charges for providing cannabis to a
minor.

"We know that prohibition doesn't work and that regulation does,"
said Measure 80 chief petitioner Paul Stanford. "Beer and wine were once
prohibited just like marijuana is now. Measure 80 will take cannabis
sales out of the hands of street gangs and violent cartels and give
law-abiding Oregonians the opportunity to build a lawful, legitimate
industry on par with Oregon's $5 billion legal, heavily regulated beer
and wine industries."

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